Brooder.



JULES LARDINOIS-PIGEON,V OF DAVERDISSE, NEAR WELLIN, BELGIUM.

BROODER.

Specification of Letters Patenti.

Patented April 14, 1908.

Application filed January 11, 1907. Serial No. 351,855.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ULEs LARDINois-Pie- EON, a subject of the Belgian'King, residing vat Daverdisse, near Wellin, Belgium, have invented new and useful Im rovements in Broeders; and I do hereby dieclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description o the same.

The object of my present invention isto provide a chicken-breeding device, comprising a special water-boiler from which warm water constantly passes into at circulating pipes, arranged under a suitable shelter formed of a heat insulating roof below which the chickens aresheltered in a perfect manner.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown a form of construction of ymy invention, and in these drawings:

Figure 1 is a erspective view of my improved chickenreeding device proper withV the outer box removed. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of same. Fig. 3 shows a crosssection on line a-a of Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 shows a cross-section on line b-t of Fig.4 2.

The breeding device proper is formed of two main parts: the water-boiler A. and the shelter B. i

The water-boiler is formed of a casing 1, preferably of rectangular sections, and divided internally by a 'partition 2 into two chambers 3, 4, the one 3 yoi which forms the water container and the other 4 the hearth. The latter contains a lamp 5, the combustion gases of which are discharged through a chimney 6. The upper wall of the casing 1 has an opening 7 through which the feed water is introduced into the boiler. y At the rear upper end, thelatter is connected with a flat pipe 8, arranged horizontally below a common roof 9, each longitudinal edge of which is provided with a depending curtain 10, made of cotton or flannel. The space comprised between the pipe 8 and the roof 9 is iilled with suitable heat insulating material 11 viz. saw-dust or the like. The Warm water produced inthe boiler 3 irst passes through the said pipe 8 towards the rear end of the shelter, and then flows back to the boiler through a fiat vertical i e 12 made in the form of a partition and dividing the shelter longitudinally into two chambers, the bottoms of which are formed of a suitable floor 13. The length of the shelter B which is thus maintained at a constant and suitable temperature, may be varied from one to four meters according to the number of chickens to be sheltered.

The shelter B may be raised according to the growth of the chickens, by placing a suitable wooden bar between the floor 13 and the vertical pipe 12.

The device herein described, is preferably housed within a box 14 made of suitable material and the front side of which is provided with two glass doors 15, 15, through which the shelter and boiler are introduced and which serve also Ventilating purposes.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a brooder, the combination of a waterboiler, a flat horizontally arranged pipe communicating with the boiler at one end, a llat vertically arranged pipe communicating at one end with the other end of said horizontal pipe and at its other end with the boiler, said vertical pipe being arranged under the horizontal pipe, and a roof, extending over said pipes and having a depending curtain on each side of said pipes, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my I JULES LARDiNois-PIGEON.

Witnesses CHARLES HOWARD, GREGORY PHELAN. 

